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Marloes Coenen has experienced a handful of losses during her nearly 16-year MMA career. She said none were more physically or emotionally difficult to digest than her shocking upset defeat to Alexis Dufresne at Bellator 155 in May.

Alexis Dufresne is surprisingly realistic about her position in Bellator’s women’s featherweight division after pulling off the biggest victory of her career with an upset of Marloes Coenen at Bellator 155 earlier this month.

A massive favorite did what she was expected, and a massive underdog delivered in the cage, even if she didn’t on the scales. Catch up with the latest in the world of WMMA with this week’s edition of the Women’s MMA Report.

In 45 career MMA fights heading into Friday, Melvin Manhoef had gone to the judges’ scorecards just four times. After his Bellator 155 title shot against champ Rafael Carvalho, Manhoef may not want to go the distance ever again.

A fight that was expected to deliver fireworks instead turned out to be a rather lackluster affair, as Bellator middleweight champ Rafael Carvalho retained his belt with a split-decision win over Melvin Manhoef.